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Tour of Duty: Hogan leads Bunker Labs for veterans marching into business

Dec 02, 2020 at 04:57 pm by miltcapps

BLAKE HOGAN and his wife, Colbi Layne Hogan, arrived Music City from Austin in the dog days of summer 2015, just two years into their marriage. Five years on, Hogan now should.... Read More

Menūd, Plankk merge for growth via fitness influencers, pro's, brands, fans

Sep 11, 2020 at 02:01 pm by miltcapps

MENŪD Co. and Plankk Technologies Inc., two software startups that had been collaborating for more than a year, recently tied the merger knot, in order to accelerate their exp.... Read More

'Build To Scale' entries target TN entrepreneurial pipeline, capital, rural

Aug 04, 2020 at 03:24 pm by miltcapps

UPDATE: US Commerce EDA announced Sept. 16, 2020, that the CoLab proposal below was a WINNER. Scroll down.-Ed. THREE NEW proposals from Tennessee ask the federal Economic Deve.... Read More

LaunchTN, UpSkill 901 seek grants for innovation marketplace, talent

Jul 29, 2020 at 09:07 am by miltcapps

IN MAY, the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) revised one of its notices of funding opportunities to expand economic development and adjust.... Read More

LifeFileZ startup seeks $3M Seed-B, maps Series A, eyes key partners

Jul 22, 2020 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Beth Krauklis said in an Oct. 7, 2021, update that the firm had raised $528K in its Seed-B raise, with goals now including completing its Seed-B at $1.5MM, and deploy.... Read More

Tennessee artificial-intelligence center among Presidential advisors' ideas

Jul 10, 2020 at 02:57 pm by miltcapps

A ROADMAP both pragmatic and ambitious has been published by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) includes scores of observations and recommen.... Read More

Software founder exits Doorport to PointCentral, recounts startup journey

Jun 26, 2020 at 03:52 pm by miltcapps

BEN TAYLOR, the Tennesseean who recently sold his Doorport technology to Alarm.com Holdings' PointCentral subsidiary, is spending the current pandemic season in Nashville, pri.... Read More

Reconvened TN General Assembly defers pro-innovation, blockchain items

Jun 11, 2020 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

THE PANDEMIC and other matters caused the the 111th Tennessee General Assembly to reconvene June 1 to discuss only priority legislative proposals, which they hope to address f.... Read More

Launch Tennessee leaders, staff confront budget headwinds

Jun 08, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH Tennessee's budget has been ramped-up in recent years, but the nonprofit agency has for months been bracing alongside its lead sponsor, Tennessee Economic and Community.... Read More

Harpeth Venture Advisors signals 1st close of $27.5M Opportunity Fund

May 21, 2020 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

Updated 12 Nov. 2020: Harpeth announced it recently made an Opportunity Fund investment of undisclosed magnitude in MiddleTN-based HomeFirst Home Healthcare (HomeFirst of Midd.... Read More

Venture Notes -- May 13, 2020

May 13, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

Today: PropBrands | Evidence | JumpFund | Empower | Songboarding | CyberRange | Freight | Diatech | GTBio | Triad | Authentic | TechAdvice | Lirio | Agisent | Thnx | Resources.... Read More

Lee Company among 7 strategics codeveloping technologies with innovators

Mar 11, 2020 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

LEADERS of early-stage startups and other businesses focused on innovating for facilities-management and mechanical-electrical contracting markets are invited to apply for pos.... Read More

Coronavirus, tornados lead LaunchTN 36|86,<br>NVille Entrepreneur Week to weigh options

Mar 09, 2020 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: On March 17, Nashville Entrepreneur Week postponed indefinitely, rescheduling contingent on COVID situation improvement. On March 12, 2020, DIG SOUTH announced postpon.... Read More

Amid volatility, TN entrepreneurs eyeing public-co partners might be more diligent

Mar 04, 2020 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD, entrepreneurs looking for customers, strategic bidders, advisors and other resources often bank their hopes on publicly owned companies based in Tenness.... Read More

Modeling TNINVESTCO 'fraught' with challenges, but maybe worthwhile

Mar 02, 2020 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

MATTHEW MURRAY PhD, one of Tennessee's go-to economists at the University of Tennessee, has, albeit with qualifications, affirmed that it could be worthwhile to do some modeli.... Read More

SyncEC forges alliances to build entrepreneurship beacon in Highlands

Feb 18, 2020 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Apply by March 15, 2020, for Market Access Program On entry, participants prepare to engage with customers, partners Local and state-level grants-makers help fund momentum Re.... Read More

Brian Fox: Taking Confirmation global like launching series of startups

Feb 05, 2020 at 12:15 pm by miltcapps

BRIAN FOX, whose Brentwood-based Capital Confirmation Inc. sold last year to Thomson Reuters for a reported $430MM, told Venture Nashville that expanding the company's busines.... Read More

Cofounders: Startup ObjectiveGI is ramping-up ahead of Series B raise

Jan 13, 2020 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Update: See more recent updates here. The company changed its name to ObjectiveHealth Inc. on Sept. 14, 2021. Our Jan. 13, 2020 story is below.-Editor. NASHVILLE's ObjectiveGI.... Read More

StartupEquity: Shani Dowell on lessons honed during Possip's rise

Jan 07, 2020 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

CEO SHANI DOWELL, the black female edtech entrepreneur who founded Possip in Nashville, is naturally proud of having become one of the few black women in the U.S. to have recr.... Read More

Oasis Venture entrepreneurship program for 'often marginalized'<br>Nashville teens folds after budget review

Oct 09, 2019 at 04:35 pm by miltcapps

OASIS VENTURE, the social-enterprise program for "highly capable but often marginalized" Nashville youth, which was formed by a partnership between the nonprofit Oasis Center.... Read More

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